Work, Family Policies and Transitions to Adulthood in Europe

Author:   T. Knijn
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
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9781349335992


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   11 February 2016
Format:   Paperback
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This book analyzes how the current generation of young adults enters the labour market and tries to create their own autonomous household, with or without children, exploring questions such as what does it mean to be a young adult in Europe today and what social policies help them to combine work and family life?

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Author:   T. Knijn
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
Weight:   0.365kg
ISBN:  

9781349335992


ISBN 10:   1349335991
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   11 February 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors PART I: SOCIAL RISKS AND POLICY PARADIGMS IN THE EU AND MEMBER STATES New Social Risks for Young Adults: A Conceptual Framework; T.Knijn Three Policy Paradigms and EU Policies on Young Adults; T.Knijn European Union and Member States' Youth Policies Agenda; T.Knijn  & M.Smith PART II: HOW TO GET IN? CROSS-NATIONAL ANALYSES OF POLICIES FOR AND PRACTICES OF YOUNG ADULTS IN EU MEMBER STATES Normative and Institutional Frameworks for Family Formation; S.Drobnic  & T.Knijn Family Change in Europe from the Transition to Adulthood Perspective; I.Kotowska Young Adults Navigating European Labour Markets: Old and New Social Risks and Employment Policies; C.Fagan , A.Kanjuo-Mrcela  & H.Norman Young Adults, Poverty and the Role of Social Policies; A.Guillén Rodríguez  & E.Pavolini Public Support to Young Families in the European Union; J.Plantenga , C.Remery  & J.Takacs Conclusion: Transitions to Adulthood: Social Policies and New Social Risks for Young Adults; T.Knijn  & J.Plantenga Bibliography Index

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SONJA DROBNIC Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Sociology, University of Hamburg, Germany COLETTE FAGAN Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK ANA M. GUILLEN Full professor of Sociology at the University of Oviedo, Spain ALEKSANDRA KANJUO MRCELA Associate Professor of Sociology of Work and Economic Sociology and a Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia IRENA E. KOTOWSKA Professor of Demography and Head of the Demography Unit at the Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland HELEN NORMAN Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK EMMANUELE PAVOLINI Associate Professor of Economic Sociology and Social Policy at Macerata University, Italy JANNEKE PLANTENGA Professor of Economics at the Utrecht University School of Economics, The Netherlands CHANTAL REMERY Assistant Professor at Utrecht University School of Economics, The Netherlands MARK SMITH Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France JUDIT TAKACS works as the Scientific Deputy Director at the Institute of Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

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